The wrong side of history - or PC gone MAD? Robert E Lee the latest to be torn down...

The powers that be in New Orleans USA have this week been pulling down statutes of famous Confederates in the city.

A statue of Gen Robert E Lee who commanded Confederate armies fighting the United States in the civil war, was taken down from atop a 60ft (18 meters)-high pedestal where it has been since 1884. It is the last monument removed by the city after a long and divisive battle over whether old South emblems represent racism or an honourable heritage.

TBH I think this is just plain dumb and worthy of the mind set of the more Looney fringe elements of the Taliban.

These men fought and well for what they believed in - the right of each American State to decide freely who it associated with and how it conducted its affairs.

That the CSA was an upholder of Slavery was of course wrong and reprehensible

- but it is a part of History now.

Tearing down History is never really a good idea...

If they really must then I hope these statues are given a new home....

The powers that be in New Orleans USA have this week been pulling down statutes of famous Confederates in the city.

A statue of Gen Robert E Lee who commanded Confederate armies fighting the United States in the civil war, was taken down from atop a 60ft (18 meters)-high pedestal where it has been since 1884. It is the last monument removed by the city after a long and divisive battle over whether old South emblems represent racism or an honourable heritage.

TBH I think this is just plain dumb and worthy of the mind set of the more Looney fringe elements of the Taliban.

These men fought and well for what they believed in - the right of each American State to decide freely who it associated with and how it conducted its affairs.

That the CSA was an upholder of Slavery was of course wrong and reprehensible

- but it is a part of History now.

Tearing down History is never really a good idea...

If they really must then I hope these statues are given a new home....

I wouldn't be in favour of removing historical statues because of contemporary values (whether right or wrong) but at the end of the day, he led an army against the United States so it isn't surprising that the present day US citizens wish to remove a traitorous emblem.

The Battle of Liberty Place monument, which honors members of the Crescent City White League who died trying to overthrow the New Orleans government after the Civil War, was the first of four statues linked to the Confederacy that are set to be torn down in New Orleans.

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